Senior Grants Manager

The Grants Senior Manager oversees the grants and sponsorships program within Medical Affairs, managing the entire lifecycle from submission to review, ensuring compliance with standards and SOPs, and supporting related programs.

Location: Remote

Salary: $140,200 - $210,200

Responsibilities

• Provides oversight and full lifecycle management of incoming grant, humanitarian donations, sponsorship and membership requests for Vertex disease areas of interest.
• Leads at least one of the Global Grant Committee Meetings, providing an assessment of the request and funder to the committee(s).
• Identifies ongoing enhancements to the grant and sponsorship processes to ensure compliance with Vertex's policies, utilizing industry insights and benchmarking data, and leads the implementation of the enhancements.
• Participates in the creation of reports for grants and sponsorship tracking, including status reports, metrics and dashboards, and proactively communicates this information to the relevant internal stakeholders.
• Participate in the development and tracking of grant budgets with Finance, including the annual budget and forecasts.
• Work with Legal on the contracting process, ensuring grant and sponsorship templates are up to date.
• Maintains data management systems that effectively support the review/approval process, archiving and maintenance of all grants programs.
• May provide training on data management systems to new team members.
• Will help launch and manage an award grant program.
• Communicates and exchanges complex information with internal contacts (e.g., Medical Affairs, Legal, Compliance, Patient Advocacy, etc.) and external applicants.
• Other External Funding related projects and tasks, as necessary.

Requirements

• Strong communication skills (verbal and written) to exchange complex information with others.
• Strong project management skills.
• Strong initiative and ability to identify issues and recommend solutions.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office programs (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Teams) as well as online meeting platforms (Zoom).
• Highly organized with a strong attention to detail, clarity, accuracy, and conciseness.
• Knowledge of relevant guidelines including, but not limited to, medical and regulatory affairs, drug development, FDA and regulatory guidelines (e.g., PhRMA guidelines, OIG, AMA, ACCME, EACCME, Sunshine Act, etc.) and compliance around Grant Programs.
• Proficiency with Request Management systems.

Benefits

• Eligible for an annual bonus and annual equity awards.
• Medical, dental and vision benefits.
• Generous paid time off, including a week-long company shutdown in the Summer and the Winter.
• Educational assistance programs including student loan repayment.
• Generous commuting subsidy.
• Matching charitable donations.
• 401(k) and more.

Additional Information

• This is a remote-eligible role with flexible work arrangements including remote, hybrid, or on-site options.